Viral transmission risk factors in an Egyptian population with high hepatitis C prevalence

BACKGROUND: Egypt has the world’s highest prevalence of infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is a major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma. The high HCV prevalence is largely attributed to the parenteral antischistosomal therapy (PAT) campaigns conducted from the 1950s through the 1980s; how...

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Autores principales: Mohlman, Mary Kate, Saleh, Doa’a A., Ezzat, Sameera, Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed, Korba, Brent, Shetty, Kirti, Amr, Sania, Loffredo, Christopher A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2369-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2369-y

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